Stomach cancer is also known as gastric cancer. Adenocarcinoma is a cancerous cell growth that begins in the mucus-producing cells of the stomach. The uncontrolled cancerous cells take a toll on the health due to uncontrolled growth of the body cells. Painful, risky surgery (gastrectomy) is the only option to treat the stomach cancer.
The other options include radiation therapy and chemotherapy. All these therapies make the symptoms better, but cannot cure the cancer completely. The condition like stomach cancer needs utmost care and healthy treatment approach to stop its invasiveness and aggravation. In this regard, home remedies are very effective and a few of such extensively researched and proven home remedies are given below.
7 Home Remedies For Stomach Cancer
Personal Hygiene
The reasons for stomach cancer are many like smoking, genetics, lifestyle, pernicious anemia and gastritis, and in nearly 70 to 80 percent of the cases Helicobacter pylori infections are the prime cause for stomach cancer.
The H. pylori bacteria spread by unwashed or undercooked foods or contaminated drinking water. H.pylori infections can also spread when you come in contact with the infected person through improper hand wash or exposure to the vomit, blood, saliva, feces, etc.
Once the bacterium enters into your stomach, it starts damaging the mucosal lining of the stomach, and becomes cancerous if left unchecked. Therefore, ensure utmost personal hygiene like proper handwashing and proper sanitization to prevent such infections.
Garlic
Garlic is a powerful Asian herb as it contains antibiotic compounds. The most prominent among them include sulphur-containing allicin and alliin. A limited cell culture research concludes that the presence of these sulphur-containing compounds offers garlic amazing abilities to fight against cancer by stopping and eliminating cancerous mucus cells of the stomach.
Therefore, in view of the research studies from the University of Pennsylvania, those who eat garlic regularly are least likely to suffer from the stomach cancer, against those who do not eat garlic. Make it a habit to include garlic in your daily dietary plan if you want to prevent stomach cancer.
Green Tea
According to the research reports from the Oregon State University, Green tea (Camellia sinensis) exhibits excellent anti-cancerous properties owing to the presence of several antioxidants, prominent among them include catechins, particularly Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), which is a polyphenol and offers green tea its cancer preventing properties.
Onions
Some herbs, vegetables, and fruits are very useful because they may help protect the body against many diseases, infections and also against some types of cancers.
One such herb is onion along with garlic and ginger. Including onions in the food along with other fruits like apples and berries may offer protective support during gastric cancer. According to the research report from the University of Maryland Medical Center, onions exhibits antimicrobial properties and thus stops the growth of H.Pylori bacterium, one of the causative agent of stomach cancer.
The infections of H.Pylori lead to gastritis, stomach ulcers and finally to stomach cancer – adenocarcinoma. In view of the above studies, onions exhibits a protective function against gastric and colorectal cancer, and therefore you must include onions in your diet if you suffer from stomach cancer.
Bananas
Bananas are soft, bland, and rich in calories, vitamins and minerals. In addition to this, they are the richest sources of soluble dietary fiber and potassium and lacks sodium, fats or cholesterol and therefore healthy too.
The fiber in bananas adds bulk to stools and makes bowel movements smooth and easy. Bananas are soft and easily digested and neutralizes the stomach pH owing to their high potassium content, thus act like antacid.
Bananas remove pathogenic bacteria and protect stomach lining of mucus from gastric acids and bacteria. During stomach cancer, H.pylori infection put you at higher risk of developing gastritis, but bananas give long –term protection against this bacterial infection.
Include Vitamins C, D and B12
You should take dietary supplements according to your health expert’s suggestion and try to include vitamin C, D and Vitamin B12 in your diet. Your healthcare practitioner suggests taking vitamin B12 supplements as the vitamin depletes during cancer and therefore needs to be supplemented to prevent anemia and to offer strength and energy to your body.
Additionally, get plenty of sunlight to improve vitamin D levels, because vitamin D along with vitamin C helps develop the much needed immunity during stomach cancer.
Take Care of Your Food
Eat balanced and nutritious diet and eat small but frequent meals. Avoid excess dietary fiber; instead drink supplementary drinks and fruit juices as often as possible.
Avoid all types of sweets and sweetened dairy products like ice-cream, dairy foods, sweetened juices, syrups and avoid sugary beverages.
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